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"Supporting Victory" Gallery |
On
Friday, 16 May 2002, Major General Terry E. Juskowiak opened the Quartermaster
“Supporting Victory” Gallery following the Quartermaster Regimental Review.
This gallery is the last of the eleven Quartermaster-themed Galleries that have
been installed since 1997 and that combined, tell a comprehensive history of the
Corps and of Quartermasters.
The motto of the Quartermaster Corps,
“Supporting Victory”, reflects the Corps’
228 year history of combat service support to the Army that has enabled the Army
to achieve victory in all of its wars. The gallery provides a chronological
review of that service beginning in 1775 with the appointment of the Army’s
first Quartermaster General,
and continuing through Operation Iraqi Freedom. Exhibits trace the evolution of
Quartermaster missions that today now include supply, petroleum and water,
mortuary affairs, aerial delivery and parachute rigging, and food service and
relate some of the logistical challenges faced by Quartermasters during each war
period.
But while the gallery traces the mission history of the Corps, the focus is on
people, past and present, and show who they were, what they did, and what they
looked like. Faces of the Corps, from a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, to a
World War II cook, and from Spanish American War saddler to a present day Water
Purification Specialist, shown both in images and by the use of mannequins
representing eight war periods. Along with images are artifacts including
documents written and signed by Thomas Mifflin, the first Quartermaster General,
and Brigadier General Jesup, Quartermaster General from 1818 to 1861 and called
the “Father of the Corps”. Other artifacts exhibited include a 1902
Quartermaster Sergeant uniform, a Quartermaster General’s uniform, and a uniform
belonging to a Quartermaster officer who participated in Afghanistan during
Operation Enduring Freedom.
The gallery serves as both a history of Quartermaster service in our nation’s
wars and as a tribute to that service.
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